Traverse City Travel Blog

Raise a glass to Traverse City wines - and particularly in May, when doing so comes with fun prizes and discounts! Download the digital passport to participate in Traverse City Uncorked, a month-long celebration of Michigan wines. Check in at wineries, or stay with select accommodations, to win exciting prizes, all for drinking great local wine. 

While titled the Most Traveled Person of America, having covered the fifty states well over twenty times, I had yet to visit the small town with a mighty name, Traverse City. Decades in the making to complete a lifetime milestone to visit every pinpoint on the U.S. map, I drove from my home state of Oregon, where many features like the Columbia River Gorge and Cannon Beach feel like you’re observing all the world’s natural beauty in one place, I felt a similar sentiment about Traverse City. Instead, spotting all the fine features of small-town America in one destination. 

Are you planning to be in Traverse City for Mother's Day 2024? Here is a list of events going on to help celebrate that special someone you call Mom.

From brunch and mimosas to a spa day or a Traverse Wine Coast Weekend, you won't come up short of finding the perfect celebration! 

So, let's talk about Traverse City - the cozy little nook where the Earth likes to kick back and relax. Why? Well, it's like the planet's spa day destination, especially when it's Earth Day. 

Alice Van Zoeren stands to watch on the sands of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. She has come to these shores for 17 years as a guardian. She searches to find, defend and protect the endangered bird known as the Piping Plover. 

May is Michigan Wine Month. Join in on Northern Michigan’s month-long event: Traverse City Uncorked. Plan a tour spanning the nearly fifty local wineries and sip award-winning wines made with grapes grown on the 45th parallel. Savings, prizes, and special offers await. 

Yay! It’s officially spring. Over the next several months there will be lots of days full of sunshine and swimming, beaches and boating, festivals and fall color, hiking, biking, fishing, golfing...the list could go right through to next winter.

With so many ways to experience the beauty of Michigan’s upcoming seasons, it can help to make a list. So, here are seven classic activities for a healthy dose of Mitten State fun: 

March is Women’s History Month, for Traverse City Tourism it seems a perfect time to pay homage to three women who are charged with preserving the rich history of northern Michigan. 

May is Michigan Wine Month. It also happens to be the peak bloom for cherry blossoms in the Traverse City area. Combine those two occasions and you’ve got the perfect recipe for one of springtime’s most anticipated events: TC Uncorked.

Headed ‘up north’ but worried about keeping options that align with your eating habits? Good eats with wellness in mind are easy to find in Traverse City, and those who partake in healthful choices or vegan eating won’t be left behind.

Check out our suggestions for a day of great bites: